TEPCO: Radioactivity 10,000 the normal limit found from groundwater

[thewiseguy]

URGENT: Radioactivity 10,000 times the limit found from groundwater: TEPCO
TOKYO, April 1, Kyodo

A radioactive substance about 10,000 times the limit was detected from groundwater around the No. 1 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Thursday.

A Tokyo Electric official said the radiation level is ''extremely high.''

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82382.html

This is just breaking. Does that mean the tap water now is now highly contaminated?

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. OMG. Those poor people.

:( This is so awful. My heart breaks for them. Does anyone know how this could affect all the drinking water in Japan? Will this be localized around that particular area? or could it be more widespread around the country?

[jpak]

3. It's probably localized - but if there are large atmospheric releases of radio-iodine and cesium

that will have an impact on ground water over a larger area

[jpak]

2. But it's safer than bananas ya know

yup

Not good

[PCIntern]

4. DUzy...!

Where are all the nuke defenders now? Yoo-hoo...come on out...

Been quiet the last few days...hmmmm.

[grahamhgreen]

5. I hope a few of them have changed their minds.

[PoliticAverse]

6. What "radioactive substance" ?

Iodine, Cesium, Plutonium, ... ?

[thewiseguy]

7. They are now finding radiation above legal limits in beef for the first time

Radioactive substance exceeding limit found in beef in Fukushima Pref.
TOKYO, April 1, Kyodo

The health ministry said Thursday that beef in Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled nuclear power plant is located, contained a radioactive material exceeding the legal limit, making it the first such detection in beef.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, said 510 becquerels of radioactive cesium was detected in beef from Fukushima, above the 500-becquerel legal limit set under the food sanitation law.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/04/82386.html